You can right-click on the Sophos notification area icon to update it or to show the main window. The installation is finally finished after 20-25 minutes but perhaps it might finish sooner if you have a faster internet connection (I have a 4Mbps ADSL connection). After confirmation of the message sent to your email address, you are taken to the Sophos Dashboard from where you can add your computer (you can add up to eight devices to one Sophos home account) and then download the Sophos Antivirus setup file.ĭuring the Sophos Antivirus Home edition installation process it further downloads more files from the internet. First of all, you have to register for a free Sophos home account by visiting. The Home edition of the antivirus product offers strong protection against malware and phishing web sites.įor some inexplicable reason, they have made it a little difficult to download and install the software on your PC. Now they have released the same Sophos Antivirus Home edition absolutely free for the Windows users as well.
Until now this UK based security firm was offering free antivirus for Mac and Linux computers for free. They create security software products for Mac, Linux, Windows, Android and iOS. Sophos is a well known name in the field of computer security.
